Everything you need to safely preserve fresh foods, reduce waste, and stock your pantry with homemade goodness.
Sections
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Canning Essentials
Freezing
Dehydrating
Fermenting
Food Safety
Canning Essentials
Must-have tools and supplies for water bath and pressure canning, making food preservation easy and safe.
From the experts at Ball®, this is the updated bible in home canning and preserving. This one should be in your collection!
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Recipes thoroughly tested for safety and quality by thermal process engineers at the Fresh Preserving Quality Assurance Lab.
The All New Ball Book Of Canning & Preserving
Helpful NCHFP Fact Sheet for Beginners
Using Boiling Water Canners
Includes all the tools needed for water bath canning, making it a convenient and complete starter kit for beginners.
Granite Ware 8-Piece Enamelware Canning Kit
The only method recommended safe by the US Department of Agriculture for canning vegetables, meats, poultry, and seafood. Mason Jar Capacity: 26 Half-Pints, 20 Pints, 7 Quarts
Presto 01781 Pressure Canner 23 qt
The Rolls-Royce of Pressure Canners…
All American 21.5qt Pressure Canner - USA
Ideal for preserving, canning, drinking, food storage, pantry jars, and more
Ball 16oz Wide Mouth Mason Jars
Featuring a classic design that offers ideal versatility for canning.
Ball 32oz Wide Mouth Mason Jar
Honors the ornate patterns of the 1880s in celebration of Ball's 140th anniversary.
Preserve fruits, veggies, and more with these helpful freezing tools and resources.
Guide to freezing and enjoying more than 55 popular fruits and vegetables!
Freeze Fresh: Guide to Preserving 55 Fruits
ONLY Wide Mouth jars for the freezer!
Ball 16oz Wide Mouth Glass Mason Jars
Useful for freezing soups, sauces, and vegetables.
Souper Cubes 1 Cup Silicone Freezer Molds
Great for freezing leftovers, meal prep, and space-saving.
Souper Cubes 2 Cup Silicone Freezer Tray with Lids
Perfect for Storing Garlic, Herbs, Ginger, Pesto, Tomato Paste, Lemon Juice, Purees, and More
Souper Cubes 2 Tbsp. Silicone Freezer Molds
Dehydrating
Preserve fruits, veggies, and more with reliable dehydrators and food storage options.
125 simple dehydrator recipes for everything from stews and curries to herbal teas and spice blends to ready-to-eat breads, crackers, and cookies.
Complete Dehydrator Cookbook: Dehydrate Food
Easy to use and a good value. Great for fruits, jerky, and dog treats.
Magic Mill Food Dehydrator
A favorite for making homemade dried snacks like fruits, jerky, vegetables, and pet treats.
Excalibur 8-Tray Electric Food Dehydrator
Perfect for fruit leather
Silicone Dehydrator Trays for Liquids
Fermenting
Create probiotic-rich foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, and kefir with these fermentation must-haves.
For sauerkraut
Wood Vegetable Fermentation Tamper for Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut, Pickles, Kombucha…
Ohio Stoneware 2 Gallon Crock Kit
From sauerkraut to Kombucha, you can ferment food at home. Learn the steps to safely ferment food.
University of Minnesota Extension: Safely Fermenting Food at Home Webinar Recording
Updated and revised bestselling guide to fermenting vegetables shares 65 new recipes
Fermented Vegetables, 10th Anniversary Edition
The original guide to kraut, kombucha, kimchi, kefir, and kvass; mead, wine, and cider; pickles and relishes; tempeh, koji, miso, sourdough and so much more
The Art of Fermentation
Food Safety
Essential resources for safe food preservation, including NCHFP guidelines and tools to reduce the risk of spoilage and foodborne illness through proper handling, processing, and storage.
The National Center for Home Food Preservation is your source for current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation.
National Center for Home Food Preservation
Home canning is NOT recommended for pumpkin butter or any mashed or pureed pumpkin.
Beware: Pumpkin Butter
Michigan State University Extension’s Online Home Food Preservation course is a self-paced program that provides up to date research-based recommendations for safe home food preservation, regardless of your experience with preserving foods.
FREE Online Home Food Preservation Course
University of Minnesota Extension Educator provides an overview of how canning preserves food for shelf-stable storage, three safe home canning methods and when to use each.
University of Minnesota Extension: Basics of Home Canning Webinar
